I'm trying to make the most of my school break before Fall classes start tomorrow, so I got out for a nice, hilly ~45 miles in the east bay area (Berkeley-Orinda-Moraga-Oakland). Mostly cloudy with temperatures around 70 degrees, which made for some nice, not-too-hot riding.
Heading over the east bay hills leaving Berkeley on Wildcat Canyon over looking some reservoirs.
I explored some new-to-me areas around Moraga. I usually avoid MUPs, but this was was too pretty to pass up and didn't have much foot traffic.
A brief photo op stop at St. Mary's College.
Then I took a slight excursion up Bollinger Canyon. It's a short little canyon that dead ends into a private road, but that also means hardly any car traffic. I also came across this cool old wagon.
Then I headed toward Pinehurst Rd., a route popular with local cyclist for its redwood trees, idyllic scenery, and climb back toward Oakland/Berkeley. But first, I had to do a little cyclocross since the bridge leading to Pinehurst Rd is out of commission and this dirt trail bypasses the bridge.
Pinehurst Rd.
